A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
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Stupidity   
Work: Self-Reliance
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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.
Subject:
Mankind   
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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Subject:
Leadership   
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
Subject:
Genius   
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Nature hates calculators.
Subject:
Nature   
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Subject:
Civilization   
Work:
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People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Subject:
Moderation   
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
Subject:
Common Sense   
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What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Subject:
Action   
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
Subject:
Courage   
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Subject:
Effort   
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Our best thoughts come from others.
Subject:
Thinking   
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Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.
Subject:
Philosophical   
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
Subject:
Sports & Competition   
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
Subject:
Mankind   
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Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
Subject:
Marriage   
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Subject:
Sports & Competition   
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The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed.
Subject:
Genius   
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
Subject:
Appearance & Attitudes   
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